There are basic elements of ELT wherever it is practised around the world, but ELT should also vary significantly according to students’ characteristics and needs, their learning contexts, their native language, and other factors, which may vary greatly from region to region and country to country.All Latin American countries have most major factors related to ELT in common, but many are notably different from countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.This book is about ELT specifically in Latin America, past, present and future.All sales of this book support TESL-EJ’s mission to provide open-source scholarship, free of subscription fees and advertising.